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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1910. BIZARRE DANCES, GHARLTONS' HABIT Peddler Tells of Weird Gyra tions of Dead American Woman and Husband. STRANGE GIRL NEW FIGURE Report That Portion or Man's Coat Is Found In Lake Como Strength ens Theory that Waters Con tain Another Body. MILAN. Italy. June 13. (Special.) Although another day has passed in the investigation that is being made by the Prosecutor for Lombardi and his score of detectives and not a sub stantial clew has been added to the slender sheaf attaching to the mystery of the death of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton and possibly of her husband. Porter Charlton, recent events in the record of the' couple's sojourn about Villa Moltrasio, which detectives have unearthed, throw a bizarre light on tho conduct and actions of the young Amer ican and his bride. Neighborhood gossip has been traced to more reliable sources and from these, a tale of satyr-like dances and of seem ingly insane antics is scored against the man who is missing and the wo man whose body was fished out of Lake Como. Peasant Tells Talc. A peasant who lives back of Como and peddles fagots through the neighborhood a nee a week, went to the Procurator to day, after a report of the murder of last week had been brought to him through devious avenues of country gassip, and he told that official of the unusual sight he had seen one morning shortly after the two Americans took up their abode in the villa, let to them by Spolatoff, the Russian, now under suspicion. Tho nran said : 'I was -coming down the road from the hills very early one morning about 15 days ago and asdp6ve my donkey through the rose vines that hid the front of the house, I asw the American and his wife, assuredly in a fit of madness. They were out on a little plot of grass, before the veranda and were doing a dance of the devils. They were naked and were rolling on the grass together. First they would roll to gether and then they would prance, sing and shout. No, they were not drunk. I know what drunken people do and it is not that." Story Is Corroborated. One of the residents of the better class, whose home is about a mile from the villa occupied by the Charltons, con firmed this tale of the fagot peddler, and added to It. lie told the Procurator that on several occasions he had passed the house very late at night and had caught fleeting glimpses of the American and his wife playing a kind of frenzied game of tag about the grounds. He added that on one occasion he had paused in front of the villa,' attracted by a noise of som&chlng smashing with in, and that he had seen the legs of a chair and the gilt frame of a mirror come flying through the window. From this informant, the police say that insanity, was the only explanation they could make to fit the unusual be havior of the pair. Couple Seen in Venice. The Procurator of Venice telegraphed today that the Charltons had passed three days there, during the latter part of April, and that while at the oHtel Eu rope, they passed themselves as brother and sister and occupied separate apart ments. During their brief stay there, they seemed to sleep practically all day and were away from the hotel nearly all night. Though circumstances of mystery, now brought through the upheaval of gossip to the countryside and the predeliction of peasants, would be all in favor of bring ing the evil eye and veiled women into the ken of special investigators, the cor respondent of The Oregonian, received from the close-mouthed Procurator, today, a partial verification of what was yester day u myth on the tongues of gossips. One June 9 there came to Hotel Jo landa, in the village of Gernobbio, not far from Charlton's former residence in the Villa Moltrasio, a young woman who registered as Elfreda Duchers, aged 31, of Hamburg. She spoke a broken variety of French, and the proprietor of the hotel noticed her accent was not that of a Ger man woman. Woman's Action Strange. This was on the day before the dls- covery of Mrs. Charltons body in th trunk. On that night, so the proprietor of the Jolanda has sworn, and he is backed up by one of his chambermaids, Elfreda Duchers. left the hotel early and she did not return to her room that night. The bed was notdlsturbed next morning, when the maid went to tidy up tne room. The next flay news came to the hotel of the finding of the trunk in thel ake. and almost coincidentally the woman re turned in a carriage. She appeared to have heard the report already and rushed excitedly to the proprietor, clamoring in ther broken French, which was not at all Germanic in its faults, to be told all about the finding of Mrs. Charlton's body. Questions Are Insistent. "Has the murderer been arrested? Have they got him?" were her insistent questions. Shortly before sundown one ofthe servants came to the hotel with the news that Spolatoff, the Russian, had been arrested over the border. The w man. upon hearing this news, became greatly agitated, so the proprietor of Hotel Jolanda wound up the story he had told the procurator, in repeating it to the Oregonian correspondent this evening. "She called for her bill immediately, and in doing so she spoke two English words, 'how much.- tiien she inquired what was the first train on the St. Gothard Railroad that would carry her to Luzerne and went in a hurry and with excitement." The proprietor assured the Procu rator that in his belief, the woman was an American. A description of the woman has been telegraphed to Bella zona. Goshenen and other important points on the St. Gothard line between Como and Luzerne. Great excitement spread through the Villa Moltrasio this afternoon when the report came from the waterside that the grapplers had found a portion of Porter Charlton's coat on their hooks when they pulled them up from the deep water of Lake Como they had been trolling over. Confirmation of this news -was entirely lacking at the Procurator's office, for the good reason that, as the official sagely put It. "whatever we may find in the bot tom of the lake will be examined thor oughly by the police before statements are made about it." Spolatoff is more than holding his own against determined efforts of his inquisitors to force a damaging admis- I sion from him. The Procurator took 1 him in hand for another long seige of ' questioning this afternoon and at the I end. fcpolatoff was seen going to his cell with a cigarette between his lips and a polite swagger in his walk. The portion of a man's coat was fished up. It is said, from the bottom of the lake near the spot where the trunk containing the body of the woman was found. The discovery strengthens the theory of many that a double murder was committed. This is the view of Charles M. Caughy. the American Con sul at Milan, who believes Charlton met the same fate as did his wife. FIELD DAY PLAN OF "DRYS" Anti-Saloon League Agent Would Interest. Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 13. (Spe cial.) Frank H Margetts. superintend ent of the Tacoma district of the Anti .Saloon League, arrived today to perfect plans for an Anti-Saloon League field day, to be held some Sunday in July. At that meeting, it is expected that there will be four speakers from Seat tle and other cities present. Mr. Margetts is authority for the statement that it is likely that the local option fight will be brought before the people of Vancouver and other towns in Clark County this Fall by the Clark County Local Option League.. 3ark County went dry by a large majority last November, but Vancouver... went wet by 136 majority. Camas and Wash ougal went dry by small majorities. ROAD WORK FACILITATED Spur to Oswego Itockquarry to Be Completed by July 1. HILLSBORO. OrJ. June 13. (Special.) J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the Harriman lines in Oregon, yesterday telegraphed that the company would have its spur completed to the Oswego rock quarry by July 1. The County Court will establish a rock crusher there at once and ship ments will begin early in July. The rock will be hauled to Hillsboro. Cor nelius and Forest Grove and the charge per ton to Hillsboro will be 25 cents. The railroad company will haul over the Beaverton-Willsburg cutoff, and self-dumping cars will be used. Hills boro's two road districts now have about $10,000 on hand to build rock roads. AVIATOR SAILS FROM NEW YORK TO PHILADELPHIA, AND BACK AGAIN, IN HIS AIRSHIP. 14 WILL BE GRADUATED Exercises at Vancouver High School to Be Held This Week. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 13. (Spe cial.) Fourteen students of the Vancou ver High School will be graduated Fri day night. The beginning of the 20th annual exer cises of the high school was held this morning, when Rev. Otis E. Gray, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon. Something will be done each day this week. The 14 who -will graduate are Ellen Alhen, Nellie Alben, Beatrice Alexander, Zillah Crawford. Freida Deierling, Mar tha Griffith, Mabel Hilstrom, Ellen Mor ley, Adah Packard, Gertrude Rawson, Nellie Renschler, Corry Galbralth, Ray Wolf and Ray Smith: WATER PIPE NEARLY DONE Med ford Will Have Gravity System Second to Portland's. MEDFORD. Or., June 13. (Special.) The contractors for Medford's $500,000 gravity water system, which will fur nish the city water from Little Butte Creek through a pipeline 23 miles long, announced today that they expected to have the system completed by July 15. The work has been progressing for the last two years and has been de layed by right of way, which was re cently settled. The new system will give Medford a water supply second only to Portland's. DR. ALLEN P. MITTEN DEAD Wealthy Seattlelte, Who Was Lead ing Politician, Passes. SEATTLE. Wash., June 13. Dr. Allen P. Mitten, a wealthy capitalist and politician of this city and formerly prominent as a physician and poli tician in Indiana, died today at his home in this city, aged 65 years. He practiced medicine many years at Columbia City. Ind., came to Seattle in 1890 , and became interested in streetcar and other propositions. He had been treasurer of this county and deputy collector of customs and was one of the leading Republicans until recent years. SUMMERS ISFOUND GUILTY Fomipt A'erdict Is Returned Against Man Who Kobbed Depot. ST. HELENS, Or., June 13- (Special.) Sam Summers was today found guilty of robbing the A. & C. depot, at Clata kanie, on January 6. Summers was caught in th act, and attempting to escape, was shot by A. E. Thompson, special Ieputy Sheriff. The verdict was returned within five minutes after the judge's1 charge was given. Sen tence will te pronounced Wednesday court being adjourned because of Flag" day. BENEDICT HUG PAYS PRICE Friends Compel Him to Dispense "Treats" From Booth. EIX3IN. Or., June 13. (Special.) Fun loving friends made life miserable for Jean Hug. a member of the firm of Hug Bros., department store proprietors, when he was compelled to pass out the "treats" from a booth erected for the occasion in front of the store. A phonograph dispensed music under the sign "Paying the Penalty of Matri mony." Mr. Hug was married Wednesday even ing of last week to Miss Fay B. Monroe, of La Grande. Albany Students Graduate. ALBANY. Or.. June 13. (Special.) C. C. Chapman, of Portland, addressed the graduating class of the commercial department of Albany College in the commencement exercises Friday night in the First Presbyterian Church. The programme of the commencement ex ercises follows: Invocation, Rev. F. H. G-eselbracht; piano. Miss Markley. of the college conservatory; presenta tion of the class by Professor Hans Flo, principal of the commercial de partment: presentation of diplomas, by A. C. Schmitt: benediction. Rev. J. C. Klliott. The graduates from the com mercial department are: Gertrude Bending, Albany: shorthand course, Veva Archibald, Albany: Clara Kckert, Lacomb; Daisy Savage, Albany: Frank Shoemate, Albany: W. F. Struckmeier. Thomas, and Goldle Yates, Albany. k - - v - - .v - 1 1 , .A - j CHARLES K. HAMILTON. NEW HIE) MARK SET Hamilton Flies New York to Philadelphia and Back. HASTE FORCES DESCENT Dirty Spark Plugs Interrupt Trip Back to Xew York All Cross Country Times Distanced by Wide Margin Day Ideal. (Continued From First PmaQ of one of the blades and the engineer had to shut off his engine. Second Start Successful. Then followed a necessary delay while the propeller used by Curtiss in his flight from Albany to New York was fitted. Fortunately the Curtiss machine was still on the island. At 7:36i Hamilton was off again, this time without mishap. One minute and & half later word of his start had flashed over the telephone wires to the Pennsyl vania terminal In Jersey City, and the special train was after him. Hamilton's route to Elizabeth, where it was hoped the train would meet him, lay for 16 miles over the waters of the lower harbor and the Killvon Kull, beyond Staten Island, two miles farther than the distance from Jersey City by rail. No sight of an aeroplane at Elizabeth. No sight of one at South Elizabeth. But at Rahway, 19.4 miles out by rail, the engineer glimpsed something like a huge dragonfly far ahead of him, and far above. Train Chases Aeroplane. He put on more speed, and the sense of pursuit seemed to communicate itself telepathetlcally to Hamilton's wife and to his mother. Mrs. Beaudette. Mrs. Hamilton was peering out of the window, her hair fluttering in the wind. - "Oh, Mr. Ludlow." she cried to a friend, "we found him. He's with ua" But the mother could not speak at all. She walked up and down the swaying aisle of the parlor car, wringing her hands, her face flushed, her eyes moist and shiny. . "Won't you sit down?" said one of the party, offering an arm. . "I can't." she said, while tears of pleas ure streamed down her cheeks. Swift Motion Peculiar. And truly it was"a beautiful sight, the biplane, 400 feet above the earth, skim ming directly above the railroad tracks and straight ahead of the rushing loco motive, too far distant yet to make the crackle of its exhaust heard above the roar of the locomotive and the rattle of the train. The motion was one of con tinual oscillation. Tilting gently, first to one side and then to the other, then rising and falling over serial hills and into valleys, every eye could now see the aeroplane as it seemed to set itself through space with the rapidity of a stream seeking its channel. Hamilton explains its appearance in his own way . Guiding Canoe Is Similar. "When you are in a canoe." he said, "you don't try to drive it through every wave you meet. You let it ride over the crest and sink into the trough. That's the way I feel in an aeroplane. Let the air have its will with you. Don't fight It. Follow it." What little wind prevailed was in the southeast. Hamilton said after ward it was little hindrance, but of no aid to him. He proceeded at an av erage of slightly less than 50 miles an hour. There was no question of a race with the train. Whenever the engineer wished he easily drew ahead, but the Instant he slackened speed the aeroplane was over his head again. The first point of critical interest was New Brunswick. where they crossed the Raritan River. There were factory chimneys all through the city to fly over, with possibilities of a catastrophe should, he find it necessary to make a descent. Hamilton held his pace straight across the heart of the town. In passing through the city the engineer had slowed down a little and the aeroplane began to gain. Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Bueadette ran to the forward coach for a better view. An ambitious photographer climbed on the tender. Mrs. Hamilton scrambled after him. Not to be outdone, Mrs. Beau dette joined her. Hamilton himself was barely visible aloft. The outline of his legs against the sky could be seen, and the hands grasp ing the steering wheel were silhouetted at certain angles, but for the most part it seemed as if the aeroplane were alive, guiding itself. When the train ran ahead of him and then slowed down to let him catch up. the incessant musketry fire of his ma chine could be heard faintly. It seemed a little irregular, but nobody guessed the truth until Hamilton told it to his me chanics. One Cylinder Inactive. When he was 1500 feet above the waters of the Kill con Kull so high that he could not see the Jersey shores through the fog one of his eight cylinders went back on him and never picked up again for his whole journey. Nobody say the flight with more pleas ure than Isaac Ludlow, a New York law yer, who was crippled for life when avia tion was In its infancy in experimenting with a gliding machine of his own inven tion, which he had towed by an auto mobile. It was in Ludlow's glider that Hamilton made his first ascent in a heavier-than-alr machine when he was only a boy. "This vindivates my faith," said Mr, Ludlow. "I am glad I lived to sec it My own injuries were worth while if I could - Inspire another to such successful achievement. The train was now leaving Trenton and Hamilton began to mount higher and higher. Here was the worst spot in the journey. Here was the wide Delaware River. Here was a broad city with no path dividing it but the railway tracks; and here was the possible danger of those erratic air currents that often fol low a river. BIG WOOL CLIP IS SOLD Pendleton Mills Buy 75,000 Pounds of Smith Fleece. PENDLETON, Or., June 13. (Spe cial.) The 75.000-pound wool clip of the J. E. Smith Company, for which five different bidders tied for high price at last Saturdays sale, was disposed of today to the Pendleton Woolen Mills Company, at private sale. The pur chase price'v has not been made public, The fleece comprising this clip is considered among the best In the state and there is much satisfaction among local people that it Is to be kept at home and used in the manufacture of Pendleton Indian robes. It is reported today that the 225,000 pounds clip of Smythe Brothers, which was disposed of last week at a private sale, brought 16 cents. If such was the case it was the best sale made in Eastern Oregon this" year. CATCH LARGE THIS YEAH Pillar Rock Pioneer Seiner Still Bo Ing- Business Shad Are Large. ASTORIA, - Or., June 13. (Special.) Chris Henry, of Pillar Rock, the pioneer seiner who has operated the old Oliver sands in the Columbia River for the past 15 years for the Columbia Fishing Com pany, is operating as usual at the old stand this season. The catch since May 1 has run from one-half to one ton of salmon, bluebacks and steelheads, and from 1006 to 2000 shad a. day. Some of the shad are exception ally large, weighing as higti as 10 pounds. J. G. Megler & Co., of Brookfield, are canning all of the latter fish caught on this ground. BRIBERY TRIAL MAKES PROGRESS Representative White, Who Filed Charges, First Wit ness Called. . N YOUNG MAN PALE ON STAND ELGIN GETS RICH PLANT Company Promises $100,000 Fac tory lor Ten Acres of Land. ELGIN. Or.. June 13. (Special.) Representing a company wishing to construct a fire brick plant here, J. W. Robinson appeared before the Commer cial Club, asking a bonus of 10 acres of ground for construction of a $100, 000 brick plant. Bricks made here have been tested for fire-proof, and have proved superior to any manufactured in. this country. While the brick weighs less than half that of ordinary brick, weighing but two pounds, it withstands a pres sure which is required to use in build ings in New York City. Beer, fl doz. quarts, delivered to your home. Spring Valley Wine Co. " Some 50.000 cajirer experiments are made every year in Bug land. Prosecution Produces IiCtter of Am bitions I.ce O'Xell Browne Seek ing White's Support for the Minority Leader. CHICAGO, June IS. With Representa tive Charles A. White the first witness on the stand, the Trial of Lee O'Neil Browne, on the charge of bribery in con nection with the election of William A. Lor! me r to the United States Senate, pro gressed rapidly today. White testified he was born at Knox- vllle, Tenn., 2S years ago. He left Knox vllle eight years ago and went to St. Louis, where "he worked for a mercantile agency, and later as a streetcar conductor. The witness was pale, but self-pos sessed, as he told his story. He was elected to the Legislature on November 3, 1908. He identified a letter dated No vember 20. 1908, as having been sent to him by the defendant. It spoke of Browne's aspiration to the minority lead ership and begged the support of the new member. Damaging Evidence? Expected. According to reports about the court room,. States Attorney Wayman has pro cured important evidence against Browne from a new witness. Hundreds of men and women were dis appointed In attempts to enter the court room, which was crowded an hour be fore the bailiff called the court to order. Representative White and H. J. C. Beckemeyr, Democrats, whoare said to have confessed that they were paid to vote for Lorimer for Senator, were in conference with the states attorney be fore Judge McSurely ascended the bench. Browne, who is alleged by White to have paid him J1000 for his vote for the Junior Senator from Illinois, scarcely glanced at the two "immunity brothers as they edged through the crowd and took their seats. f Jackpot" to Play Role. The presence of Charles Swinney, clerk of the Southern Hotel, of St. Louis, among the witnesses, suggested that the division of the alleged "jacK pot" at St. Louis, in which several Representatives are said to have par ticipated as payment for votes on odds and ends of legislation would receive attention during the trial, at least in directly. In his statement for the prosecution States Attorney Wayman gave a brief biography of White, who was the first representative to confess and outlined the legislative system of the state with particular reference to the method of choosing the United states senator. Farmer Dies in Barnyard. PATETTE, Idaho, June 13. (Spe cial.) John Ahlstrand, a farmer living several miles from this city, was found dead' Saturday in his barnyard by bis two sons. Ahlstrand, who was about 35. years old, had gone to the barnyard about 6 o'clock with a team and a mower. The sons noticed the team standing in the yard and went to Investigate, finding their father prone upon the ground, dead. The Knees Became Stiff Five Years of Severe Rbeumatlsm. The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, 14 Barton Street, Boston. Mass., is another victory by Hoods Sarsaparilla. This great medicine has succeeded in many cases where others have utterly failed. Mr. Goldstein says: "I suffered from rheumatism five years, it kept me from business and caused exrruciating pain. My knees would become as stiff as steel. I tried many medicines without relief, then took Hood's Sarsaparilla, soon felt much better, and now consid er myself entirely cured. I recommend Hood's." Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. 1 Best at Any Jj AND CALLIMG CARDS W.G.SMITH El CO A BEAITIFI L WOMAN Is often distressed by Gray or badly bleached hair. f Imperial Hair Regenerator Iwlll remedy this. Any shade from Black to the U-rhtest Ash Blonde (produced. Colors ana durable. 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Tt Clean-Up Sale Millinery Buy Your Summer Millinery Now Remarkable Bargains Ifthis were an ordinary, every-day clean-up sale of Millinery you would be satisfied to find the customary end-of -the-season reductions. But It's Not It is an extraordinary occasion an unfre- quent sale offering such astonishing values that yesterday we were besieged by a multi tude of buyers. Worn e n Recogn ize The Great Bargains Hosts of women watch our advertisements closely, firmly impressed With the fact that our special sales are conducted on different lines from those of other stores. Again and again we urge you to mafe com parisons in qualify and price with goods bought at this store and other stores. It is the basis upon which we asfa your patronage. The public confidence we gain today engen ders in us a higher ideal of future service to the public than any amount of mere sales. : This week ive are closing out our en' tire stock of Imported Pattern Hats, Trimmed Hats, Trimmed Sailors, Un trimmed Shapes and Flowers All at Less Than Wholesale Cost Coroner investigated and decided death resulted from heart failure. Mrs. Goodnight Seeks Divorce. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 13. (Spe cial.) After being the wife of Edward Goodnight since September. 1889. Mrs. HattiA M. Goodnight has discovered that she Is not temperamentally , adapted to be his wife and has asked Judge McMas ter, of- the Superior Court, to grant a divorce. She also desires custody of two daughters. Ruby, aged 16. and Daisy Goodnight, 13 years old. There are two pons. Ray. 19. and Clarence, IS years old. New Train Service Via Great Northern Railway EFFECTIVE JUNE 12, THE NEW TRAIN THE OREGONIAN New through train, Portland to St. Paul without change, carrying new modern equip ment. Leaves daily at 11 A. M., 11th and Hoyt Street Depot. Also effective June 12th, through Standard and Tourist sleepers, Portland to Chicago, in 72 hours without change. These sleepers are hauled on the "ORIENTAL LIMITED" east of Spokane. ' There Is No Better Service Leaves 11th & Hoyt St. Depot daily at 7 P.M. Effective June 19th, we will inaugtirate three new trains, Portland to Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C, and intermediate points. Trains will leave 11th and Hoyt Street Depot at convenient hours. For further particulars, rates, folders, tickets and sleeping- car reserva tions, call on or address H. DICKSON, C. P. & T. A., H. A. JACKSON, A. G. F. & P. A. , 122 THIRD STREET PORTLAND, OREGON. . Telephones Main 860; A 2286, ai Fraiidsc First Class, Including Meals and Berth. 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